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Boxer, 19, in medically induced coma after weekend knockout
2+ hour, 5+ min ago (182+ words) Nineteen-year-old boxer Isis Sio was placed into a medically induced coma after a knockout loss "to Jocelyn Camarillo on Saturday "in San Bernardino, Calif., ProBoxTV announced after broadcasting the fight. Sio, who entered with a 1-2 professional record, was knocked out…...
Randy Arozarena apologizes to Cal Raleigh for WBC spat
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (251+ words) Randy Arozarena said he apologized to Cal Raleigh following his comments toward his Seattle Mariners teammate earlier this month at the "World Baseball Classic. "I understand that with Opening "Day a few days away, I don't want it to be…...
Mason Jones takes decision in bloody win over Axel Sola at UFC London
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (484+ words) Fireworks erupted early between lightweights Mason Jones and previously unbeaten Axel Sola in the fight of the night at UFC London on Saturday. Jones, a winner by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28), improved to 18-2 and both fighters left the "octagon bloodied. Jones was…...
UFC’s White House event to be sanctioned by ABC, not D.C. commission
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (287+ words) The UFC event at the White House on June 14 will be officially licensed and sanctioned by the Association of Boxing Commissions, organizers announced "Thursday. ABC president Timothy Shipman confirmed that they will "oversee the action on the South Lawn rather…...
UFC fighters heading to Quantico to train FBI agents
1+ week, 3+ day ago (252+ words) Before the UFC holds an event on the White House lawn in June, some fighters are paying the FBI a visit. UFC "fighters will lead a training session at "the FBI Special Agent Academy in Quantico, Va., this weekend for…...
Boxing-Floyd Mayweather to come out of retirement – again
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (212+ words) Feb 21 (Reuters) " Former multi-weight world boxing champion Floyd Mayweather will come out of retirement this year for his "first official fight in nearly "a decade, his new promotion CSI Sports/Fight Sports said on Friday, though his opponent has yet…...
UFC’s Cameron Smotherman collapses after weigh-in
2+ mon, 38+ min ago (113+ words) UFC bantamweight Cameron Smotherman collapsed Friday after his weigh-in "for Saturday's UFC 324 in Las Vegas. Smotherman, 28, successfully made weight at 135.5 pounds "but fell to "the floor after stepping off the scale. He was carried off the platform and "examined by…...
Reports: Kayla Harrison injured, out of UFC 324 co-main event
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (207+ words) Kayla Harrison is out of the co-main event of UFC 324 on Jan. 24 in Las Vegas "due to a neck injury that required surgery, multiple media outlets reported on Wednesday. Harrison, the UFC bantamweight champion, was slated to fight Hall of…...
Boxing-Serrano beats Tellez to retain world titles
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (209+ words) Jan 4 (Reuters) " Amanda Serrano retained her WBA, WBO and Ring Magazine featherweight titles on Saturday, overcoming a "swollen right eye to secure a unanimous decision win over Reina Tellez in her Puerto Rico homecoming fight. Serrano, 37, who fought in her…...
Erika Cruz out of Amanda Serrano fight after ‘atypical’ test result
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (200+ words) Unified featherweight champion Amanda Serrano will take on Reina Tellez on Jan. 3 in Puerto Rico after Erika Cruz was removed from the bout due to an atypical finding in her "Voluntary Anti-Doping Association test. "Due to the atypical finding in…...